Girdin controls the pace of 3D tracheal cell intercalation by coupling adherens junctions to the actin cytoskeleton in Drosophila
Sandra Carvalho, Patrick Laprise, Antoine Guichet, Véronique Brodu
The paper shows that Girdin links adherens junctions to actin in Drosophila tracheal cells, controlling intercalation pace and developing a genetic tool for actin depolymerisation.